England vs Ireland 10th Match at Guyana, 04 May, 2010

Toss: Ireland, who chose to field
England 120/8 (20)
Ireland 14/1 (3.3)
No result due to rain
  • NJ OBrien 9 * (5)
  • WTS Porterfield 4 * (10)

  Over 1.0   

Over 0.1: No runs. TT Bresnan to WTS Porterfield, good length delivery, let's that go to the keeper outside the off stump.

Over 0.2: No runs. TT Bresnan to WTS Porterfield, pitched up delivery, drives it straight to covers.

Over 0.3: No runs. TT Bresnan to WTS Porterfield, pitched up delivery, drives it to straight mid off.

Over 0.4: Three runs. TT Bresnan to WTS Porterfield, pitched up delivery, drives it to deep covers and gets three runs.

Over 0.5: No runs. TT Bresnan to PR Stirling, pitched up delivery, drives it towards covers.

Over 0.6: Beaten! TT Bresnan to PR Stirling, good length delivery, draws him forward and beats the bat with an outswinger.

  Over 2.0   

Over 1.1: Beaten! RJ Sidebottom to WTS Porterfield, good length delivery, pushes at it outside off and is beaten.

Over 1.2: Single. RJ Sidebottom to WTS Porterfield, good length delivery, slices his drive towards thirdman for a single. Rain is pouring down at  the Providence Stadium!!

Play has been suspended due to rain, the covers are on and it looks like a passing shower!

Over 1.3: No runs. RJ Sidebottom to PR Stirling, bangs it short, plays it defensively to covers. No overs have been reduced.

Over 1.4: Beaten! RJ Sidebottom to PR Stirling, bangs it short, attempts a pull across the line and is beaten. Appeal for a caught behind but no response from the Umpire.

Over 1.5: Beaten! RJ Sidebottom to PR Stirling, bangs it short, gives the charge for a big shot and is beaten. The ball just went over the middle stump.

Over 1.6: He is Caught! RJ Sidebottom to PR Stirling, bangs it short, plays a smacking pull towards deep mid wicket, it deserved to be a boundary atleast but ends up as a brilliant diving catch by Lumb to his left who plucked it out of thin air!!

  Over 3.0   

Over 2.1: Beaten! TT Bresnan to NJ O'Brien, good length delivery, plays a flashy drive outside off and is beaten.

Over 2.2: Single. TT Bresnan to NJ O'Brien, short of length delivery, gets an inside edge onto the pad and steals a single from the bowler's left.

Over 2.3: No runs. TT Bresnan to WTS Porterfield, short of length delivery, plays a cracking cut straight to point.

Over 2.4: No runs. TT Bresnan to WTS Porterfield, short of length delivery, gets behind the line to defend it.

Over 2.5: Wide Ball. TT Bresnan to WTS Porterfield, short and rising delivery, misses his flick down the legside.149263

Over 2.5: No runs. TT Bresnan to NJ O'Brien, short of length delivery, punches it towards mid off.

Over 2.6: No runs. TT Bresnan to WTS Porterfield, short and rising delivery, plays it down towards covers.

  Over 4.0   

Over 3.1: Boundary! RJ Sidebottom to NJ O'Brien, good length delivery, flicks the inswinger with the angle in the air towards deep backward squareleg for a boundary.

Over 3.2: Boundary! RJ Sidebottom to NJ O'Brien, pitched up delivery, goes through the line and lifts that flat over mid on for a boundary.

Over 3.3: No runs. RJ Sidebottom to NJ O'Brien, short and rising delivery, pushes it defensively back to the bowler.

Rain again at the Providence Stadium, its very heavy and after a long thought they have decided to get the covers on! England want just that, no more play is what they are looking at!

So finally the news has come in that the match has been called off due to persistent rain and there is no result of of it. Both sides share a point each. Thanks heavens is what the England team and its supporters would say as they get to enter into the Super Eights based on a superior net run-rate. Ireland needed just 121 to win from 20 overs and were certainly favourites to beat England but the rain had other ideas!